diff --git a/Applications/FileIO/GocadIO/GocadSGridReader.cpp b/Applications/FileIO/GocadIO/GocadSGridReader.cpp
index 6bfe6b50ff28a74155dfc4d2788c7056433ad0e4..b1aad20ad224bd2808ea5e1d7169e17716061446 100644
--- a/Applications/FileIO/GocadIO/GocadSGridReader.cpp
+++ b/Applications/FileIO/GocadIO/GocadSGridReader.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ GocadSGridReader::GocadSGridReader(std::string const& fname)
     if (!pnts_read)
     {
         readNodesBinary();
-        pnts_read = true;
     }
     readElementPropertiesBinary();
     std::vector<Bitset> region_flags = readRegionFlagsBinary();